Son of Isaac Gregg and Agnes Philippson, baptised on the 8th of September 1878 in Langdale, Westmorland1,2,3 from Harvey Place, Little Langdale.
His father, Isaac, had moved to Town Head, Troutbeck by the time of the 1881 census
Left Coniston in 1906 for the slate mines of Jervis Inlet, British Columbia, Canada.
1 1881 census ; 1891 census ; not found in 1901 census
2 The birth of a William Gregg was registered in the third quarter of 1878 in the Kendal district (FreeBMD 10b 701). There is no other matching registration in FreeBMD and the Kendal district did include the Langdales.
3 Information from Gregg-1 family tree on Ancestry.co.uk
4 E-mail from Jim Greig